Victor G. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Victor G., who was born in Majdan, Czechoslovakia in 1929. He recalls orthodoxy as the center of their lives; the small, primitive village; antisemitic violence at Easter; Hungarian occupation; anti-Jewish restrictions; living with relatives in Ruscova; German invasion; transport to Iza; a forced march to Khust; deportation to Auschwitz; separation from his mother and younger brothers (he never saw them again); assignment to the Zigeunerlager (Gypsy Lager); seeing his father and uncles often; the pain of watching them starve; his father encouraging him to get on a transport; transfer to Mauthausen (he never saw his father again), then Gusen; slave labor in an aircraft factory; others sabotaging the work; transfer to Gunskirchen; liberation by United States troops; hospitalization in Linz; returning home with a friend; reunion with his sister and cousins; living together in Resighea; smuggling themselves to Budapest, then Chomutov; registering for youth emigration to England; living in a group home in Millisle; volunteering for the Haganah; training in Marseille; illegal emigration to Palestine; serving in the 1948 Israel-Arab War; traveling to England; and marriage to a woman who converted to Judaism. Mr. G. discusses pervasive painful memories; his attitude toward revenge and religious faith; sharing his story with his children; and frequent trips to Israel.
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes
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People
- G., Victor, -- 1929-
Corporate Bodies
- Gusen (Concentration camp)
- Mauthausen (Concentration camp)
- Gunskirchen (Concentration camp)
- Haganah (Organization)
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Survivor-child relations.
- Revenge.
- Sabotage.
- Forced labor.
- Fathers and sons.
- Concentration camp inmates -- Family relationships.
- Concentration camps -- Psychological aspects.
- Jewish children in the Holocaust.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
- Postwar experiences.
- Postwar effects.
- Hungarian occupation.
- Antisemitism -- Prewar.
- Child survivors.
- Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949.
- Zionists.
- Faith.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Video tapes.
- Men.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
Places
- Iza (Ukraine)
- Linz (Austria)
- Majdan (Slovakia)
- Czechoslovakia.
- Khust (Ukraine)
- Ruscova (Romania)
- Millisle (Ireland)
- Marseille (France)
- Millisle (Northern Ireland)
- Chomutov (Czech Republic)
- Palestine -- Emigration and immigration.
- Resighea (Romania)
- Budapest (Hungary)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat